Mental health facilities have a 'revolving door'
Thousands of times a year in Missouri and Kansas, authorities commit people with mental health issues into treatment facilities. Police show up and escort away the sick. Involuntary commitment orders are filed in court. Hearings are held. Families agonize.
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Mental health treatment center plan worth considering
Southern Nevada had a mental health crisis before there was a mental health crisis. Before the mass shootings at Virginia Tech, a suburban Denver movie theater and Sandy Hook Elementary School. Before other states were cutting back their mental health …
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Dearth of mental health treatment options leads to emergencies
Bryan Johnson didn't know he had bipolar disorder until he ended up at the emergency room, where he assaulted a police officer. His family had taken him to the University of Maryland Medical Center because he was acting strangely, staring into the …
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